Ethnoveterinary plants and practices used for ecto-parasite control in semi-arid smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nyahangare, Emmanuel Tendai ^a   Mvumi, Brighton Marimanzi ^a   Mutibvu, Tonderai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Acaricidal plants; Cattle ticks; Indigenous knowledge; Smallholder farmers

Indexed keywords

ALOE; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS; LIPPIA JAVANICA; PSYDRAX LIVIDA;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TICK INFESTATIONS; VERY ELDERLY; VETERINARY; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TICK INFESTATIONS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84930074594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-015-0006-6     Document Type: Article

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